mealy-mouthed



mealy-mouthed

not brave enough to say what you mean directly and honestly Strangely enough, although we are getting more mealy-mouthed about mental and physical disabilities, we are increasingly frank about bodily functions.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
BirgitBIR-git (Swedish)Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, German
Matthia-Old Church Slavic
Hamid (2)-Arabic, Persian
TiedeTEE-də (Dutch)Frisian, Dutch
Novak-Serbian
Livnat-Hebrew